First Day of Work!

So, quick wrap up:
Daniel and I, along with just a few pieces of luggage (haha, right.) arrived in DC around noon on Saturday. We cabbed it over to the apartment where we met Yola, the lady we are subleasing from this summer, and she gave us keys, and the quick run-down of the apartment. It's perfect! It's small and adorable and oh so cozy. She left all her furniture plus more, we are eternally grateful to Yola. Maybe I'll post some pictures soon...
So after unpacking, I couldn't take it anymore- I needed to run around town and see things. We walked to the capital building, which btw, is mind-blowingly gorgeous. It's so unreal. We started to walk further into the mall, but it started raining and we became miserable very quickly, so we caught a cab back to the apartment called it an evening.
The next day (Sunday) we explored DC by foot. Um, I would say we probably walked more than 5 miles that day. We covered the mall (all the monuments minus Jefferson... sorry Jefferson...), I love Lincoln. He's awesome. That was one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen.
We left the mall prematurely because we had found a freeeee 26" TV on Craigslist in Georgetown (graduating student wanted it gone!), so we walked to Georgetown, about 2 miles from the National Mall. Why we did this, I can't remember, but it happened. So an hour later, we grabbed the TV and got a cab, in which I mistakenly tipped the cab driver $10, the math of this mistake is still unclear to me. Oh well. He was a nice guy anyway and I made his day, enough said. So mission apartment cozy is underway, the TV helped. Last night, Daniel and I watched Mighty Aprodite, in which Woody Allen plays himself, again.
This post is much longer than expected, but it's the first one so I have to set the stage for everything...
Okay, so today was my first day on the job! My supervisor, Tiffany, is great. This morning we met over at the Georgetown Law campus for an incredible panel discussion on Forced Labor and statistics by a variety of goverment officials and NGOs. Amazin' stuff. I mean, so many high officials were there. The director of Human Trafficking from the Department of Justice, the new Obama appoited Director of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking from the Department of State- Ambassador Lou de Baca, Director of the Office of Internation Labor Affairs, a Georgetown Law Proffesor, an American University Law Proffesor, and so many more... It was so informative and well done, and got me excited to start working!
After the panel discussion, Tiffany took me to a wonderful Indian Buffet off 17th St, and we hit up the IPS office to introduce me to everyone. Everyone seems wonderful, so grateful to have me and just incredibly welcoming. Side note: people are so wonderful in DC. Everyone is so welcoming and helpful. I mean, I can't tell you how many times I got lost today on the streets, and people were always willing to offer directions with a smile. Also, the public transportation is so easy here. I walked to Georgetown Law this morning, took me 15 minutes. Then, Tiffany and I took the Metro to the office, took us maybe 15 minutes. After work, I took the Circulator, which is a special express bus route which takes you mostly where Metros don't, which is more places than I thought. I spent about a dollor fifty on the Metro, and a dollar on the bus today. $2.50, round trip. You can't get that anywhere.
Tiffany sent me home with some reading material, and the advice to "come prepared to work tomorrow"! I will wear better shoes tomorrow.
Daniel just got home and I think he just fell asleep on the bed. Sigh. It will be a long summer.
Sarah




This is the view of the White House from my internship. Pretty sweet.